Netflix ought to be scared in 2019 based on Disney’s performance this year
For years, Netflix has outlasted one challenger after another that’s tried to dethrone the streaming giant we’ve all grown accustomed to turning to for our …
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The future of retail sounds hyper personalized – and slightly dystopian
In the year 2040, there will still be plenty of physical, brick-and-mortar stores around where you can go to buy things — but they will …
Elon Musk’s attorney says the First Amendment lets you call someone a ‘pedo’ on Twitter
Everybody knows Twitter is basically the Wild West of the Internet and not a place where the things people say should be taken seriously. That’s …
T-Mobile CEO’s 2019 predictions are mostly a bunch of digs at the competition
At this point, taking digs at the competition is practically baked into T-Mobile’s identity as a company — even down to the way it refers …
Huawei and Samsung are going to wage a fierce war in 2019 for smartphone supremacy
Next year is going to mark a turning point, one way or another, for some of the tech giants that have a lock on the …
Minnesota Attorney General sues Comcast for allegedly overcharging customers
We know this will come as a shock to many of you, but the cable giant Comcast has become synonymous among the general public with …
Squeezed by US-led opposition, Huawei was still able to ship 200M phones in 2018
If there was any lingering doubt about the fact that Huawei doesn’t need support from the West to realize its ambition of being a leader …
New addition to Apple’s executive team shows how serious the company is about AI
The conventional wisdom among the tech cognoscenti has been that Apple lags behind rivals like Google and Amazon when it comes to its efforts in …
Study: Amazon, Hulu and Netflix probably have too much overlap to subscribe to all three
Given how much of a major shift we’ve seen in where the average person gets their TV and movie fix from these days — the …
Study: If you pay the average person at least $1,000, they’ll #DeleteFacebook
The latest privacy red flags to emerge out of Facebook — thanks this time to a bombshell New York Times report that uncovered all kinds …
Consumer advocates file FTC complaint over Google Play Store marketing to kids
Apps available for download in Google’s Play Store marketplace frequently expose kids to content that’s inappropriate and even trick some youngsters into unwittingly making in-app …
Netflix is going to start making about 90 movies a year
If any of you watched director Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white cinematic epic Roma that landed on Netflix this weekend — the movie that pretty much the …
Study: US consumers pay more for wireless data than just about anywhere else
US consumers who feel a sense of foreboding that ultimately turns to sticker shock whenever they get their cellphone bill for the month have good …
Surprising no one, Samsung is ‘re-evaluating’ its partnership with that fake Supreme brand
Well, that didn’t take long. When you’re one of the premiere technology companies on the planet, aligning yourself with brands that so blatantly rip off …
Authorities think agents from China’s Ministry of State Security hacked Marriott
We’re starting to get a clearer picture of who authorities believe is responsible for the massive hack of the Marriott hotel chain in recent weeks …
‘World Cup’ was the most-Googled search term in the world for 2018
The list of the most-Googled items over the course of the year is always a fascinating look back at the people, places, events and moments …
New form factors will give the smartphone market a much-needed boost in 2019
2018 has arguably been a boring year, bordering on an outright slump, for the global smartphone market, with a new analysis of shipment figures showing …
Audit of Supermicro finds no evidence of secret spy chips from China
Here’s one more bit of pushback to add to all of the denials and counters and head-scratching that accompanied the October publication of a bombshell …
New Samsung smartphone series called ‘Rize’ might be on the way
We’ve reported in depth at this point that Samsung remains the top global smartphone maker in the world as ranked by shipments, though its numbers …
Samsung teams up with a fake, knock-off brand of Supreme to make products in China
The hip, New York City-based streetwear fashion brand Supreme is so popular in Asia that Samsung has decided to launch an official marketing partnership with …
Google+ is shutting down four months early because of a new security bug
Google never could figure out a coherent story to tell that would spur greater usage of its flameout of a social network. And now it …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he has no respect for the SEC in peculiar interview
Earlier this year, explains a voiceover narrating a 60 Minutes interview with Tesla’s brilliant-yet-erratic CEO that aired on Sunday, Elon Musk “began acting … well, …
China angrily denounces the arrest of Huawei’s CFO, calls the US a ‘despicable rogue’
Two state-run media outlets in China have come out with blistering attacks on the US related to the arrest in recent days of Huawei’s CFO …
Prediction: The next ‘Friends’-style scramble at Netflix will be over ‘The Office’
If you’re ranking the TV shows and movies that comprise Netflix’s voluminous streaming library by what people spend the most time watching more than anything …
US general has a question for Google: Why will you work with China but not us?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before Congress next week, and he’ll potentially face questions on a number of thorny issues ranging from …
Amazon wants to bring its checkout-free stores to US airports
Amazon is considering expanding its cashier-less, checkout-free Amazon Go stores to airports, according to a new report from Reuters this week. The first Amazon Go …
Verizon gives first responders a discount (after throttling some firefighters’ plans)
Verizon has announced today an expansion of sorts related to the discounted plans it already offers government agencies. Now, the carrier is taking that benefit …
Report: Chinese intelligence operation behind Marriott hack
A juicy new tidbit has been discovered as part of the massive hack of Marriott we told you about just a week ago that included …
Google is finally fixing its incomprehensible messaging apps strategy
As we and others reported last night, Google has confirmed it’s shutting down its messaging app Allo that never really caught fire in something of …
MoviePass reveals new monthly plans for 2019, and they’re not good
Following what was one of the most drastic (and unsurprising) collapses in recent memory, MoviePass has a plan. In fact, as part of its attempt …
